Subject: Seattle CBC parakeets
Date: Dec 31 12:14:49 2001
From: Netta Smith - nettasmith at attbi.com


I noticed in Gene Hunn's message about the Seattle CBC the mention of 7
Crimson-fronted Parakeets. I thought there was some agreement now that the
flocks of parakeets in Seattle were Red-fronted Parakeets (Aratinga wagleri)
from South America, not Crimson-fronted Parakeets (A. finschi) from Central
America. The birds in my neighborhood have been puzzling, but my last long
look at them last winter indicated to me they were Red-fronted, and I posted
same on tweeters. Several birds I photographed have red to and over the
eyes, which seems to show they can't be Crimson-fronted. There's still a
possibility that more than one species is present, I suppose.

Dennis Paulson
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Netta Smith and Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115